I think west Columbus and tarboro will face each other on Thanksgiving weekend. I believe west will upset Northampton county. Pender looks a little down this year.
1A Playoffs 1st/2nd Round
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As one of the "flat earthers," I would love nothing more than to see competitive 1A football in the East. When I went to school at Tarboro High, we were a very good football program but nowhere close to dominant. We would win our conference, but the playoffs were always a crap shoot from the second round on. Maybe it's the grumpy old man coming out in me, but the best moments in my life are those in which you succeed in the face of serious adversity. Aside from the 1984 state championship season, the 2011 Tarboro team that won 5 playoff games by a combined margin of 18 points was the most satisfying playoff run I can remember. It's a different world than Tarboro today when anything short of a state championship is considered a down year. Any game that doesn't have a running clock is considered an off week. Maybe it's just me personally, but something feels inherently wrong about going to playoff games expecting the same uncompetitive, embarrassing results you saw during the regular season. Last year was a pleasant surprise in that Perquimans, Northampton and Pender all pushed us and gave me some hope that maybe the competition in the East was rising to the challenge. Frankly, I hear all the discussion from the West and how much competition there is on that end of the state and I can honestly say there are times I feel envious.Yeah this how I felt with with some Mitchell fans last year. Like, we faced a much better Salisbury team in regular season. For that matter, in previous years our conference had four 3A schools playing in 2A that were just as tough. SMC has really good teams, but I can say the same thing about many teams in "flat earther" country too.
That 2011 postseason was wild. 2a was loaded that year with great teams. Yeah you are right nowadays anything short of a state championship is a disappointing season. However that's the goal that the players set coming into the season. Plus I personally love close games, that hertford game was epic even though we lost. I thought the east was pretty competitive last fall as well. This year remains to be seen.
Some serious voodoo was at work to keep Gurleyās ankle from breaking down completely.
On the road, east duplin first round. Second round, undefeated and heavily favored Northside, third round, undefeated edenton, fourth round, south Columbus, and title game, the number one team about all year, linconton, man, that was a great year and great run
I remember pulling up at East Duplin and the team bus was there and no one was getting off we were told the game was cancelled because of a wet field. The coaching staff and fans were irate. Came back Saturday morning and whipped butt.
Yea, we beat them good. The score was closer than it actually was. They put up some late garbage scores. I also remember walking out and some guys from Northside said they had a guy who Gurley couldnāt catch or would walk Gurley down or something to that effect. Haha, didnāt work out quite like they planned
Catching Todd wasnāt the main problem - getting him on the ground once you got to him was the issue lol he was running like a possessed bull in those playoffs.
I enjoyed traveling to all those games. Me and two of my life time buddies figuring out what time to leave and where to eat. Constantly talking about the game on the way and on the return home ride. That was a tough schedule no easy outs. High school football playoffs are hard to beat for simple good times.